Leon's Story

What was Leon's house like?

• no indoor plumbing

• They had electricity but couldn't afford to turn on the lights.

• Only one bathroom

• No electricity or indoor plumbing

How would you describe Leon's parents?

• well educated

• lazy

• religious

• defiant

Tell which is the best theme or message about life for this story

• Discrimination and prejudice are what make the world work.

• Many hardships did occur, but justice happened in the end

• When people put their minds to it they can change.

• Whites and blacks worked together.

Why did Leon say the only decent job he had was as a custodian in Baltimore?

• He did not like any of the other jobs he had.

• He enjoyed cleaning up behind dirty  kids

• He had been there for 30 years

The author says on page 104 that she tried to bridge the gap between the spoken word and the written word. What does that mean?

• She tried to walk over the Golden Gate Bridge

• She tried to ensure that Leon got credit for his contributions.

• She tried to make sure that Leon's voice was heard throughout the novel

How did the marches change from the beginning to the end?

• In the beginning, marchers wore inner tubes around their bodies. In the end, they stopped.

• In the beginning, Blacks were not protected from beatings. In the end, Whites were taken to jail for harming blacks during the marches

• In the beginning, Blacks marched first and at the end, the whites marched first.

Separating people by their skin coloring is....

• bias

• injustice

• segregation

• integration

According to Leon, what did the white parents tell their children about black people?

• Black people were still slaves

• Black people should be treated equally.

• They had no souls or feelings

• Black people should be separate but equal in everything

Why could Leon be thrown out of a store?

• if he didn't have enough money

• if a white person complained

• if he talked to a white person

• he would never be thrown out

How did Klansmen try to intimidate black families?

• The Klansmen would send them cards in the mail

• The Klansmen would not talk to them.

• The Klansmen would burn a cross in peoples' yards.

• The Klansmen would ignore them.